SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA RESOLUTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE Republic of LITHUANIA LAW ON STATE SECRETS AND THEIR PROTECTION The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania resolves:

1. To propose to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania by 1 March 1996: 1) to approve the procedure for protection of the information, which is considered a state secret, prepared by the State Security Department and co-ordinated with the institutions concerned; 2) to establish the procedure for drawing up and amending of the list of the Republic of Lithuania of the information which is considered a state secret; 3) to establish the procedure for transmission of the information which is considered a state secret to other states or international organisations, as well as regulations for granting citizens of other states permits to work or familiarise themselves with the information which is considered a state secret; 4) to make a list of posts, holders of which may be entitled to familiarise with the information which is considered a state secret, without exceeding the powers established by laws, and to establish the procedure for familiarising the persons who hold these posts with the information which is considered a state secret and notifying these persons of the liability for disclosure or loss of the information which is considered a state secret; and 5) to make a list of subjects of state secrets and to establish the procedure for preparation, approving and amending of detailed lists of the information which is considered a state secret relating to the activities of subjects of state secrets.
2. To obligate the Department of Lithuanian Archives and the State Security Department to prepare by 1 March 1996 the general procedure for organising of record keeping, storing, keeping, registration of classified documents, as well as protection of the data of computerised secret information.
3. To establish that classification markings "National significance", "Top secret" and "Secret", valid before coming into effect of the Law, on documents and records of archives of institutions keeping documents be changed into the classification markings established by this Law, or such documents, if they do not contain information which is considered a state secret, be declassified. ÈESLOVAS JURÐENAS Chairman of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Vilnius October 25, 1995 No. I - 1075